Match Reaction vs QPR

[Xhaka Can’t]

We went into Saturday's knowing what it meant too, especially as Spurs had already won.

Yeah, against one of the shittiest teams in football.

And we were shit.

Against Everton, we were playing against a genuine threat and played well.

[Niall_Quinn]

Momentum. That's what it's about. The chance to dishearten the opposition rather than give them a glimmer. Being mentally tougher than they guys you are up against. Season after season we've seen this, whenever we get a chance to consolidate we blow it. The subsequent performance against QPR was one of the worst I have ever witnessed as an Arsenal fan and it was pure luck we came out of that with the points. Maybe it's okay to get a lucky roll of the dice and claim some sort of mastery, that works psychologically too I suppose. But much better to be authoritative. Not possible with these players though. We'll be a bag of nerves against Wigan, they will be mentally tougher than us. Luckily the only team with a greater mental frailty seems to be spurs. Very luckily or we'd long since have lost this record of winning a virtual trophy every year. I don't what excuse the spuds have, they are world class bottlers even though there's investment into their squad. For us it must be hard to be a player because everything about Arsenal (beyond the finances) screams of being second best and settling for the minimum. Hardly an incentive. This negligence made the difference against Everton where we were unable to break down the opponent due to having such sub-standard forward players. Everything is connected.

[Letters]

What will be interesting is if Spurs drop points in the next 2 games. That would put it in our slippery hands. That's generally when we fall apart. Happened last year. How many chances did we have to seal St Totteringham's Day? In the end we only just limped over the line on the last day.